Mariela Belski (born 1971) is an Argentine feminist lawyer and human rights activist.[1] As an activist, she promotes the defense and exercise of the rights of women and young people.[2][3] She is an ambassador for #EllaDecide (#SheDecides),[4] the global women's rights movement.[5][6] Since 2011, she has served as executive director of Amnesty International Argentina.[7]

Mariela Belsk
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alma mater
Occupations
  • lawyer
  • activist
Employer(s)Executive Director, Amnesty International Argentina

Early life and education

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Mariela Belski was born in Buenos Aires, 1971.[8] She studied law at the University of Buenos Aires, obtaining her degree with an orientation in administrative law and later specialized in human rights. She completed a master's degree in International Human Rights Law at the University of Essex,[9] and later took a postgraduate course in Human Rights and Democratization Processes at the University of Chile.

Career

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Belski is a member of the Women Leaders of the Americas Committee, an initiative of the Documentation Foundation.[10] She is also a delegate of "Women 20", a transnational network that brings together women leaders to influence the agenda of the G20 decision-making groups.[11][12] She has represented Argentina on international panels on human rights issues in the world and the region, such as the human rights crisis in Venezuela.[13][14]

Regarding issues on the national agenda, she has taken part in parliamentary debates on the modification of the law regulating the country's immigration policy,[15] and the project for the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy (IVE).[16] She has been invited as a specialist to participate in public debates in the country. Among other topics she addressed the humanitarian situation in Venezuela,[17] sexual and reproductive rights,[18] the refugee crisis,[19] and climate change.[20]

Selected works

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  • Background paper on strategic litigation on women's sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America for the “Progress of the World’s Women Access to Justice : (2011), UNIFEM New York, USA.[21]
  • “La judicialización de la política: el litigio estructural en materia educativa, posibilidades y obstáculos”, (2009) Revista Propuesta Educativa, No33, FLACSO, Buenos Aires Argentina.[22]
  • “The implication of the Global Financial Crisis for NGOs working towards the achievement of Education for All: Country Case Study Argentina”, (2009) UNESCO.
  • “Desigualdad Educativa en la Provincia de Buenos Aires” (2009). Asociación por los Derechos Civiles.[23]
  • La Corte y los Derechos: Un informe sobre el contexto y el impacto de sus decisiones durante el período 2005–2007, ADC,(2008) Siglo XXI editores.[24]
  • “Access to Information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment”. Article 19 y Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (2007).[25]
  • “Una Censura Sutil: Abuso de publicidad oficial y otras restricciones a la libertad de expresión en Argentina”. Co-Autora (2005),  Asociación por los Derechos Civiles. Open Society Justice Initiative.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "Mariela Belski (Amnistía Internacional) - Pecha Kucha Night Vol.#36". YouTube. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ "La pandemia no debe restringir los derechos de las mujeres" (in Spanish). Argentina: Página 12. 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ "#SiNoHubieraMujeres" (in Spanish). El Mundo de las Ideas. 2016.
  4. ^ "She Decides". shedecides.com (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "Mariela Belski. Executive Director, Amnesty International Argentina". shedecides.com.
  6. ^ "EllaDecide da la bienvenida a la nueva Embajadora Mariela Belski, directora ejecutiva de Amnistía Internacional Argentina". amnistia.org.ar (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "Mariela Belski". amnistia.org.ar (in Spanish).
  8. ^ Belski, Mariela (1971-...) La judicialización de la política - el litigio estructural en materia educativa, posibilidades y obstáculos (in Spanish). National University of the Northeast. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Thesis (LL. M.), International Human Rights Law, Dept. of Law -- University of Essex, 2003". viaf.org. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  10. ^ «Mariela Belski. Fundación Documentación».
  11. ^ "W20". w20argentina.com.
  12. ^ Delegadas argentina en W20
  13. ^ "Con un panel de expertos se debatirá sobre la crisis institucional en Venezuela". laprensa.com.ar. 22 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Charla en el Senado sobre la crisis en Venezuela". parlamentario.com. 22 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Reunión de la Comisión Bicameral Permanente del Congreso Nacional sobre política migratoria argentina" (PDF). senado.gov.ar.
  16. ^ Exposición a favor del proyecto para la Interrupción Voluntaria del embarazo. Mariela Belski. Senado Nacional. YouTube.
  17. ^ "Crímenes de lesa humanidad en Venezuela". infobae.com/.
  18. ^ Belski, Mariela (10 August 2018). "Argentina's Abortion Vote Was a Stepping Stone Not a Setback". Time.
  19. ^ "La hora de dejar de lado la indiferencia y asumir compromisos". lanacion.com.ar/. 19 June 2020.
  20. ^ "=El cambio climático un problema de derechos humanos". infobae.com.
  21. ^ "Background paper on strategic litigation on women's sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America" (PDF). Progress of the world's women.
  22. ^ "La judicialización de la política: el litigio estructural en materia educativa, posibilidades y obstáculo" (PDF). Inclusión y exclusión como gestos dobles en política y ciencias de la educación.
  23. ^ "The implication of the Global Financial Crisis for NGOs working towards the achievement of Education for All: Country Case Study Argentina". The implication of the Global Financial Crisis for NGOs working towards the achievement of Education for All: Country Case Study Argentina. December 2009.
  24. ^ "La corte y los derechos, un informe sobre el contexto y el impacto de sus decisiones durante el período 2003-2004". sigloxxieditores.com.ar.
  25. ^ "Access to information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment" (PDF). Access to information: An Instrumental Right for Empowerment.
  26. ^ "Una Censura Sutil: Abuso de publicidad oficial y otras restricciones a la libertad de expresión en Argentina" (PDF). Colección reformas legales. 4 November 2005.